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On Monday, Trump told Salena Zito, a Washington Examiner reporter and CNN contributor, on Sirius XM radio that Jackson, the populist rabble-rousing president with whom he has claimed political kinship, had strong thoughts about the Civil War -- even though he died 16 years before the conflict broke out.

"He was really angry that -- he saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War," Trump said. "He said, 'There's no reason for this.' "

Trump continued, "People don't realize, the Civil War -- you think about it, why? People don't ask that question. But why was there a Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?"